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Maersk is working with rivals to introduce carbon tax on fossil fuels

Liner companies are calculating price examples to be presented to the IMO in a few months as part of efforts to secure acceptance of a levy.
"As this is the UN system, it may end up in a compromise and it may not end up with our model, but if elements like rewards and a lifecycle approach are still included, it will be very good," says Simon Bergulf, group representative in Europe for Maersk's global public and regulatory affairs department. | Photo: Gregers Tycho
"As this is the UN system, it may end up in a compromise and it may not end up with our model, but if elements like rewards and a lifecycle approach are still included, it will be very good," says Simon Bergulf, group representative in Europe for Maersk's global public and regulatory affairs department. | Photo: Gregers Tycho
by DAG HOLMSTAD

15 major shipping companies are currently working hard to produce a number of examples of how the price difference between cheap, black fuels and expensive, green alternatives can be bridged.

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